On Friday, the Phillies completed their fourth high profile trade over the last three seasons. Ruben Amaro can’t help but get whichever big name is available, but this time, it wasn’t a starting pitcher. Hunter Pence was added to the outfield from Houston in yet another deal with Ed Wade. This was the third significant [More…]

Philadelphia, PA—Junior middleweights King Gabriel Rosado, of Philadelphia, PA, and Keenan Collins, of Reading, PA, meet for the vacant Pennsylvania State Junior Middleweight Title in a scheduled 10-round contest Friday evening, Sept. 9, at the Asylum Arena, 7 West Ritner Street. The Rosado-Collins championship bout, which tops a seven-fight card, will be televised live by [More…]

Philadelphia Phillies news, rumors, and stories from around the web. Click titles for complete articles… Phillies sweep Rockies, head for Giant rematch August 4 CSN Philly columnist: Jim Salisbury Ryan Madson was excused from Wednesday’s game to be with his wife as she prepared to give birth in Los Angeles. The Phillies kept this news under [More…]

After setting the world on fire with a Madden-style spending spree, reality is biting back a bit for the Eagles. As if dealing with the tragic Mike Patterson seizure situation yesterday wasn’t enough, regular old football injuries and other drama are starting to hit. Hard luck defensive end/tackle Victor Abiamiri is in a walking boot [More…]

Despite the pretty scary looking scene involving Mike Patterson’s seizure yesterday morning, the assumption was that he was just dehydrated and would be fine and back on the field shortly. Unfortunately, while he should still recover, it’s nowhere near that simple. According to Eagles head trainer Rick Burkholder, Patterson could have arteriovenous malformation, or AVM, [More…]

Top-whatever lists are generally tedious and mind-numbing, usually only serving to create barely tepid conversation in the absence of anything else interesting going on. It’s whys ports specialty stations like the NFL and MLB Networks go list-crazy during the offseason. But when the Phillies dominate a national list based on popularity, it’s hard not to [More…]